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terminal juncture — n. Linguis. any of several kinds of pause, differing in duration and sometimes very brief, occurring after various types of utterance endings [rising, falling, or sustained terminal juncture] … English World dictionary
terminal juncture — noun : an intonation pattern signaling the end of an utterance or a break between utterances * * * Phonet. a form of juncture consisting of a change in pitch before a pause, marking the end of an utterance or a break between utterances, as… … Useful english dictionary
juncture — n. 1) (ling.) close; open; terminal juncture 2) (misc.) at this juncture ( in this situation ) * * * [ dʒʌŋktʃə] open terminal juncture (ling.) close (misc.) at this juncture ( in this situation ) … Combinatory dictionary
juncture — /jungk cheuhr/, n. 1. a point of time, esp. one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out. 2. a serious state of affairs; crisis: The matter has reached a… … Universalium
terminal — Synonyms and related words: CRT, L, Z, anchorage, apodosis, bad, beyond recall, beyond remedy, bordering, borderline, boundary, bounding, bourn, branch, cable railway, catastrophe, caudal, ceasing, cessation, clause boundary, clause terminal,… … Moby Thesaurus
juncture — Synonyms and related words: ankle, articulation, boundary, butt, caesura, cervix, circumstance, clause boundary, clause terminal, clinch, close juncture, closure, colon, comma, condition, conjuncture, connecting link, connecting rod, connection,… … Moby Thesaurus
juncture — junction / juncture [n1] link, connection alliance, annexation, articulation, assemblage, attachment, bond, coalition, coherence, collocation, combination, combine, concatenation, concourse, concursion, confluence, conjugation, consolidation,… … New thesaurus
open juncture — noun or open internal juncture : a juncture between two consecutive sounds in speech having less mutual assimilation than a close juncture and less hiatus than a terminal juncture * * * Phonet. a transition between successive sounds marked by a… … Useful english dictionary
close juncture — “ noun or close internal juncture : a juncture between two consecutive sounds in speech of the kind found in a simplex word (as between t and r in the pronunciation of trait or nitrate or between ī and n in the pronunciation of mine or minus… … Useful english dictionary
open juncture — Phonet. a transition between successive sounds marked by a break in articulatory continuity, as by a pause or the modification of a preceding or following sound, and often indicating a division between words; presence of juncture (opposed to… … Universalium
